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Dhekan Population - Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh

Dhekan is a medium size village located in Mungaoli Tehsil of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 325 families residing. The Dhekan village has population of 1954 of which 1021 are males while 933 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhekan village population of children with age 0-6 is 359 which makes up 18.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhekan village is 914 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhekan as per census is 1006, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Dhekan village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhekan village was 71.47 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Dhekan Male literacy stands at 82.90 % while female literacy rate was 58.70 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhekan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dhekan village.

Dhekan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 325 - -
Population 1,954 1,021 933
Child (0-6) 359 179 180
Schedule Caste 207 107 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.47 % 82.90 % 58.70 %
Total Workers 569 543 26
Main Worker 439 - -
Marginal Worker 130 122 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.59 % of total population in Dhekan village. The village Dhekan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhekan village out of total population, 569 were engaged in work activities. 77.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 569 workers engaged in Main Work, 325 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.